 This is Nick. Nick always hated having to cite his sources. He found the whole citation process frustrating and confusing. Then he learned how to use Zotero to save citation information and to create citations and bibliographies. To get started with Zotero, go to the Zotero website at www.zotero.org and click on the download now button. In addition to downloading Zotero, you will also need to download the appropriate connector so that Zotero can work with your browser. Zotero should automatically detect which browser you are using and offer the appropriate connector, but you could always add additional connectors later. Just keep in mind that while Zotero will work with Firefox, Chrome, and Safari, it will not work with Internet Explorer. After downloading Zotero, you will see a Zotero icon on your desktop. If you open the icon, you will see the Zotero pane, which is divided into three sections. In the center will be a list of all the sources that you saved to Zotero. When you first get started, this section will be empty. On the left hand side will be your library, where you can create folders so that you can organize all of your sources. And on the right hand side is the editing pane, where you can make corrections to any of the citations. Adding sources to your Zotero is simple. When you open your browser, you should see a small icon in your toolbar. Usually on the right hand side, although it might be different if you're using Safari. When you are searching in a library database and find a source that you would like to save, all you need to do is click on the title. As the source information appears, you will notice that your Zotero icon changes to a small piece of paper. Click on the paper and Zotero will automatically save the citation information for the source you have selected. And if the PDF of the source is available, it will save that as well. With Zotero, you can also save the citation information for multiple sources at one time. Whenever you have a list of results, your Zotero icon should change to a folder. Just click on the folder and select the specific sources that you would like to save. Zotero also allows you to save sources from the internet, including Google Scholar. Be cautious though. Zotero is sometimes not able to save all of the citation information for a source found on the web. So you might be required to use the editing feature to add in the relevant information. Perhaps the greatest feature of Zotero is how it works with Word. When you download Zotero, a plugin for Word should automatically be added. Then, when you open Word, you will see a Zotero tab. Clicking on the tab will give you several options. To add an in-text citation, click Add Edit Citation. Select the citation style that you would like to use and then a search bar will appear that will allow you to search all of the citations that you have saved in the Zotero pane. Just start typing a title or even just a key word and sources with those words will appear. Select the one that you want and an in-text citation will be created. To create your bibliography, all you will need to do is then click Insert Bibliography and your bibliography will appear. If the citation style you need is not available, you can find additional citation styles by searching the Zotero style repository. After Nick learned about using Zotero, he found the whole citation process to be much easier. There was just one major thing he had to remember. The citations created by Zotero will not always perfectly accurate. Sometimes it was necessary for him to go in and edit the citation information. He learned to make sure to always check all of the citations before he submitted his work. However, using Zotero, the citation process was much less of a challenge.